La Bohème (German Version)

Long ago
You don't remember the time
With your twenty years
Montmartre was in May
We were young and free
And at the windows we saw
The lilacs already blooming
That time is long gone
When we were so happy
My stomach was so empty
And you were my model
That was a long time ago

The bohemian lifestyle, the bohemian lifestyle
That means life is sometimes like this, sometimes like that
The bohemian lifestyle, the bohemian lifestyle
Happy and content with dry bread

Often I couldn't fall asleep at night
And painted all alone
Your image in my dreams
You were so young and beautiful
That's how I saw you
And even in the early morning
I dreamt in the studio
With a latte
About life and love

We didn't ask for money
Love and fame
That was the world for us

The bohemian lifestyle, the bohemian lifestyle
That means we were 20 years old
The bohemian lifestyle, the bohemian lifestyle
And that time was wonderful

And if fate leads me today
Like in times past
Through those old streets
I can't find my way back
To the lost happiness
And no staircase leads
To the small studio
And over at the café
They no longer play dreams
Wherever the eye looks
Montmartre and the lilacs
Everything has withered

The bohemian lifestyle, the bohemian lifestyle
One was young, one was crazy
The bohemian lifestyle, the bohemian lifestyle
Today, it all means nothing